Centennial State Pipes and Drums

Centennial State
Pipes and Drums

Other sites of interest

Ben Holmes - our Pipe Major
Western US Pipe Band Assoc. - the sanctioning body for the our region
Wheat Ridge Presbyterian Church - where we practice weekly and recorded our CD

Some of our regular appearances
Great American Beer Festival - early October in downtown Denver
Colorado Renaissance Festival - June through July, in Larkspur
Bolder Boulder - Memorial Day
Denver St. Patrick's Day Parade
Colorado Scottish Festival - in Highlands Ranch, early August
Longs Peak Scottish Festival - in beautiful Estes Park, early September

Piping on the web
CSPD has clips on Myspace and Youtube. They are listed on the music page.
Army School of Bagpipe Music and Highland Drumming: part 1, part 2
Wetootwaag's Podcast of Bagpipe Power - Very entertaining, plays both the GHB and Uilleann pipes
TartanVision - Reports and interviews from Highland festivals (mostly on East coast)
College of Piping Radio - High-quality piping, interent quality not-so-great

"There is something in the rhythm, in the long drawn notes, in the soul singing out... which in some queer magic way, stirs the blood of a man, whoever he may be, and stiffens the slackening fibre of his heart, and takes him out of the rut of his earth to some higher plane of thought, and gives him courage."

--Philip Gibbs, quoted in Pipes of War by Sir Bruce Seton and PM John grant